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March 20, 2019

Agriculture leaders from the region attended a roundtable discussion with 8th District Rep. Pete Stauber R-Duluth, March 19 at M-State in Wadena.

The congressman took this opportunity to open a free form dialogue with area farmers about the prevalent issues in the region.

March 14, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) unveiled a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife in the lower 48 states:

March 14, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Notice to Airmen Improvement Act to help improve aviation safety. Specifically, this bipartisan legislation would establish a Federal Aviation Association (FAA) taskforce to determine what improvements should be made to the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) system, which alerts pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the safety of the flight.

March 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber's (MN-08) bipartisan bill, the North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act, was signed into law by the President this afternoon. Stauber introduced this legislation with Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT). This was Stauber's first bill signed into law.

March 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement in regard to President Trump's proposed 2020 budget:

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March 12, 2019

Rep. Pete Stauber seemed to go against President Donald Trump on Tuesday by pledging to protect federal benefit programs "for those who need it most," he said.

Stauber, R-Hermantown, made his statement one day after the White House released President Donald Trump's new budget, which detailed $1.9 trillion worth of cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

March 9, 2019

DULUTH, Minn. – Congressman Pete Stauber stopped in Duluth this weekend to visit a local manufacturing facility.

Representative Stauber says Minnesota's 8th Congressional District has every form of transportation from rail to air.

Stauber got a chance to meet some transportation workers this weekend.

He got an up close look at IPS Cranes, a local business that builds, rebuilds and refurbishes locomotive cranes.

He believes it's the local skilled workers that he believes are unleashing the economic engine in the district.

March 7, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) received the 2019 Congressional Champion of Change Award from the National Down Syndrome Society. Stauber made the following statement upon receiving the award.

March 5, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the American Workers for Security Act, which would help northern Minnesota's mining economy and strengthen national security by mandating that any barrier along the U.S. – Mexico border be made of steel produced in the United States. This bipartisan legislation follows Congress' recent appropriation of $1.375 billion to build a physical barrier at some of the most dangerous and porous parts of our southern border.

March 3, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after Enbridge Energy Inc. announced that the replacement and expansion of the Line 3 pipeline would occur at least one year later than expected.